From darius.kazemi at gmail.com Fri Aug 2 14:58:52 2019 From: darius.kazemi at gmail.com (Darius Kazemi) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 14:58:52 -0700 Subject: [ih] 365 RFCs - reading one RFC a day for 2019 Message-ID: Hi folks, I was encouraged by someone on this list to plug my current project, which is a blog where I read and analyze RFCs 1 through 365. In December 2018 I realized that 2019 would be the 50th anniversary of the first RFC. I got the fully-formed idea to read and blog about one RFC a day in chronological order in 2019, starting with RFC 1. My motivation: I'm a software developer but also an amateur historian of technology (I've written one book about very niche videogame history). For my software development work I'm trying to help build out various visions of future decentralized networks. And I thought that if I'm going to have conversations with people about the future of global computer networks, perhaps I should read the original discussions between the people who built the ARPANET. (Some of whom are here, hello.) Reading and analyzing one RFC a day seemed ambitious but obtainable, especially since many early RFCs are a couple sentences long. So here we are: ## 365 RFCs ## Table of contents: https://write.as/365-rfcs/table-of-contents RSS: https://write.as/365-rfcs/feed/ In the process of researching each RFC, I've - spent a week combined in the Computer History Museum and Charles Babbage Institute archives, snapping contemporary documents that I'm still sorting through - thrown some nominal scanning fees to the Computer History Museum to post scans of the first 9 RFCs, most of which were not available online prior to this - discovered some material that is likely to be added to the RFC series itself (missing documents) - discovered many RFC errata, mostly in ASCII transcription of figures and formulas, as well as a handful of missing figures and pages Some of these missing pages and scans are detailed here: https://write.as/365-rfcs/update-scans-of-early-rfcs Anyway, I hope some of you find the blog interesting, and I'm always grateful for feedback or corrections. 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We will miss him. -- Steve From rwcallon at gmail.com Tue Aug 13 17:54:03 2019 From: rwcallon at gmail.com (Ross Callon) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:54:03 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> I am so sorry to hear about this. I am of course aware of his very significant technical work. However, I remember him best for his superb humor. I still have a copy of his ?The world according to Finnegan?, which is a collection of his humorous works. Like most good humor, it is of course entirely correct and offers a unique insight into the world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known him. Ross > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner wrote: > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > peacefully at home. > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > -- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From casner at acm.org Tue Aug 13 19:22:47 2019 From: casner at acm.org (Stephen Casner) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Ross Callon wrote: > I am of course aware of his very significant technical > work. However, I remember him best for his superb humor. I still > have a copy of his ?The world according to Finnegan?, which is a > collection of his humorous works. Like most good humor, it is of > course entirely correct and offers a unique insight into the > world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known him. And in particular, "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace", originally published in Datamation, that gave us the terms little-endian and big-endian to describe bit- and byte-ordering. -- Steve From larrysheldon at cox.net Tue Aug 13 19:33:43 2019 From: larrysheldon at cox.net (Larry Sheldon) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:33:43 -0500 Subject: [ih] Fwd: Re: RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: <042611f9-10e1-78f6-24ea-2c3944e5e6c4@cox.net> I knew not the man, the work, or the book, but I am assured that I use the work, and it appears that the book is still current, and I have ordered it, and I hope thereby to see a bit of the man. Which is why as a youngster (of only 8 decades) I hang around here. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:54:03 -0400 From: Ross Callon To: Stephen Casner CC: internet-history at postel.org I am so sorry to hear about this. I am of course aware of his very significant technical work. However, I remember him best for his superb humor. I still have a copy of his??The world according to Finnegan?, which is a collection of his humorous works. Like most good humor, it is of course entirely correct and offers a unique insight into the world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known him. Ross > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner > wrote: > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > peacefully at home. > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > abilities but never his wit. ?We will miss him. > > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????-- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. -- "Eppur si muove" From Larry's Cox account. -------------- next part -------------- _______ internet-history mailing list internet-history at postel.org http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. From gnu at toad.com Tue Aug 13 18:38:55 2019 From: gnu at toad.com (John Gilmore) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:38:55 -0700 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4104.1565746735@hop.toad.com> I never knew Danny Cohen. But I've known his name forever, for his classic 1980 Internet Experiment Note 137, "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". If you have ever heard of a big-endian or a little-endian computer architecture, you have been using Danny's descriptions. In it, he brilliantly compares the foolishness of byte order differences to the foolishness of the Lilliputians in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, who fought wars over which end of an egg should be broken in order to eat it -- the big end, or the little end. It made a big impression on me. See: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/ien/ien137.txt John Gilmore From vint at google.com Wed Aug 14 05:21:40 2019 From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 08:21:40 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: those of us who knew Danny well were in awe of the scope of his intellect, interests and outsized sense of humor and irony. His Oceanview Tales deserve re-reading and memorializing. We will miss but not forget his many contributions and his humanity. vint On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:04 PM Stephen Casner wrote: > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > peacefully at home. > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > -- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > -- New postal address: Google 1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor Reston, VA 20190 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From craig at tereschau.net Wed Aug 14 05:57:52 2019 From: craig at tereschau.net (Craig Partridge) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:57:52 -0600 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: I got to work a little bit with Danny and also remember his humor. We used to tease each other occasionally and one of my favorite memories is when I created a set of stationary (paper and envelopes) for Oceanview University and used it to send him a letter informing him that he'd overstayed his sabbatical and was needed back on campus. He said receiving the envelope emblazoned Oceanview gave him a moment's pause and concern that perhaps there was such a university after all... Craig On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 6:59 PM Ross Callon wrote: > I am so sorry to hear about this. > > I am of course aware of his very significant technical work. However, I > remember him best for his superb humor. I still have a copy of his ?The > world according to Finnegan?, which is a collection of his humorous works. > Like most good humor, it is of course entirely correct and offers a unique > insight into the world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known > him. > > Ross > > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner wrote: > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > peacefully at home. > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > -- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > > > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > -- ***** Craig Partridge's email account for professional society activities and mailing lists. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clemc at ccc.com Wed Aug 14 06:09:08 2019 From: clemc at ccc.com (Clem Cole) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:09:08 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:36 AM Vint Cerf wrote: > those of us who knew Danny well were in awe of the scope of his intellect, > interests and outsized sense of humor and irony. His Oceanview Tales > deserve re-reading and memorializing. We will miss but not forget his many > contributions and his humanity. > > vint > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:04 PM Stephen Casner wrote: > >> Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, >> peacefully at home. >> >> We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet >> protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. >> Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning >> of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. >> I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech >> support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical >> abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. >> >> -- Steve >> _______ >> internet-history mailing list >> internet-history at postel.org >> http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history >> Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. >> > > > -- > New postal address: > Google > 1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor > Reston, VA 20190 > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sob at sobco.com Wed Aug 14 14:12:59 2019 From: sob at sobco.com (Scott O. Bradner) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:12:59 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: for those of you who did not know Danny here is a video that he and Steve did about the history of voice over IP Scott > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner wrote: > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > peacefully at home. > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > -- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. From sob at sobco.com Wed Aug 14 16:59:25 2019 From: sob at sobco.com (Scott O. Bradner) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:59:25 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen - with link In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2B305A20-6884-4F06-BE1F-F58214EBBA6D@sobco.com> some people have said they did not see this posting from Bob providing the link that I managed not to > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4KF1j-wp4 I did not know Danny when he was at Harvard, although I was there at the same time, or at MIT but I did learn a lot from him in my early days t the IETF and have used his materials and standards many times to explain the foundation of the multi-service Internet (yes, Danny was involved in getting UDP into the Internet Protocol suite - as the video explains) Scott > On Aug 14, 2019, at 6:24 PM, Bob Felderman wrote: > > scott - missing link > I think it is this > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4KF1j-wp4 > > and apologies - I organized the talk and was not good about getting danny to stay near a microphone so > there are spots where the audio is lousy. > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:33 PM Scott O. Bradner wrote: > for those of you who did not know Danny here is a video that he and Steve did about the history of > voice over IP > > Scott > > > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner wrote: > > > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > > peacefully at home. > > > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > > > -- Steve > > _______ > > internet-history mailing list > > internet-history at postel.org > > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > > > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. From vint at google.com Wed Aug 14 17:48:46 2019 From: vint at google.com (Vint Cerf) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:48:46 -0400 Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen - with link In-Reply-To: <2B305A20-6884-4F06-BE1F-F58214EBBA6D@sobco.com> References: <2B305A20-6884-4F06-BE1F-F58214EBBA6D@sobco.com> Message-ID: in case others have not seen this wonderful video of a festschrift for Danny Cohen a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyt-slBHFJM It's about 3+ hours long - so many familiar faces are found - some who have left us before Danny. It tells you so much about why Danny was so well-regarded by friends, family and colleagues. Vint On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:13 PM Scott O. Bradner wrote: > some people have said they did not see this posting from Bob providing the > link that I managed not to > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4KF1j-wp4 > > I did not know Danny when he was at Harvard, although I was there at the > same time, or at MIT but I did > learn a lot from him in my early days t the IETF and have used his > materials and standards > many times to explain the foundation of the multi-service Internet (yes, > Danny was involved > in getting UDP into the Internet Protocol suite - as the video explains) > > Scott > > > On Aug 14, 2019, at 6:24 PM, Bob Felderman > wrote: > > > > scott - missing link > > I think it is this > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4KF1j-wp4 > > > > and apologies - I organized the talk and was not good about getting > danny to stay near a microphone so > > there are spots where the audio is lousy. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:33 PM Scott O. Bradner wrote: > > for those of you who did not know Danny here is a video that he and > Steve did about the history of > > voice over IP > > > > Scott > > > > > On Aug 13, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephen Casner wrote: > > > > > > Barbara Tversky informed me that Danny Cohen died yesterday morning, > > > peacefully at home. > > > > > > We have lost another major figure in the development of Internet > > > protocols, particularly those related to packet audio and video. > > > Danny was my supervisor and mentor for several years at the beginning > > > of my career, so he played a big role in my professional development. > > > I was able to partially repay that debt by providing occasional tech > > > support during his later years as Parkinsons reduced his physical > > > abilities but never his wit. We will miss him. > > > > > > -- Steve > > > _______ > > > internet-history mailing list > > > internet-history at postel.org > > > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > > > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > > > > > > _______ > > internet-history mailing list > > internet-history at postel.org > > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > > > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > -- New postal address: Google 1875 Explorer Street, 10th Floor Reston, VA 20190 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From casner at acm.org Tue Aug 20 09:29:25 2019 From: casner at acm.org (Stephen Casner) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:29:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ih] RIP Danny Cohen In-Reply-To: References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: I need to correct what I wrote below due to faulty memory. Danny's article "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" was published in IEEE Computer for October, 1981. As John Gilmore noted here, it appeared earlier as IEN 137 dated 1 April 1980. Perhaps the IEN series picked up the RFC tradition of amusing April 1 notes (the first one I saw for the RFC series was RFC748, Telnet randomly-lose option. M.R. Crispin. 1 April 1978, by another author we lost too soon). Danny's article was certainly amusing but also serious. -- Steve On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Stephen Casner wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Ross Callon wrote: > > > I am of course aware of his very significant technical > > work. However, I remember him best for his superb humor. I still > > have a copy of his "The world according to Finnegan", which is a > > collection of his humorous works. Like most good humor, it is of > > course entirely correct and offers a unique insight into the > > world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known him. > > And in particular, "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace", originally > published in Datamation, that gave us the terms little-endian and > big-endian to describe bit- and byte-ordering. > > -- Steve From craig at tereschau.net Mon Aug 26 17:47:29 2019 From: craig at tereschau.net (Craig Partridge) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:47:29 -0600 Subject: [ih] Sally Floyd has died Message-ID: Just saw a post from Eddie Kohler that Sally Floyd has died. She packed a huge number of achievements into a relatively short career in networking (less than 20 years from PhD to retirement). She developed RED for congestion control with Van Jacobson, identified the issues in Poisson modeling with Vern Paxson, developed TCP SACK, to name a few of her important contributions. At one point (and perhaps still) she was one of the top 10 cited women in computing. I think she won almost every award the communications field could give. She was also a great colleague. I got to work somewhat closely with her on the End-to-End Task Force for many years. She had a knack for presenting stunning insights quietly and articulately, which made the insights all the more stunning. Our world is a bit smaller. Craig -- ***** Craig Partridge's email account for professional society activities and mailing lists. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com Mon Aug 26 20:04:13 2019 From: brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com (Brian E Carpenter) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:04:13 +1200 Subject: [ih] Sally Floyd has died In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <039221e1-0a32-bbb2-f91c-aa9d176b1826@gmail.com> How sad. She was a very helpful and pleasant person on every occasion that I interacted with her. Regards Brian Carpenter On 27-Aug-19 12:47, Craig Partridge wrote: > Just saw a post from Eddie Kohler that Sally Floyd has died. > > She packed a huge number of achievements into a relatively short career in networking (less than 20 years from PhD to retirement).? She developed RED for congestion control with Van Jacobson, identified the issues in Poisson modeling with Vern Paxson, developed TCP SACK, to name a few of her important contributions.? At one point (and perhaps still) she was one of the top 10 cited women in computing.? I think she won almost every award the communications field could give. > > She was also a great colleague.? I got to work somewhat closely with her on the End-to-End Task Force for many years.? She had a knack for presenting stunning insights quietly and articulately, which made the insights all the more stunning. > > Our world is a bit smaller. > > Craig > > > > -- > ***** > Craig Partridge's email account for professional society activities and mailing lists. > > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. > From jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu Mon Aug 26 20:04:34 2019 From: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:04:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [ih] Sally Floyd has died Message-ID: <20190827030434.993FE18C0CA@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > From: Craig Partridge > Just saw a post from Eddie Kohler that Sally Floyd has died. > ... > Our world is a bit smaller. Sad news. The last entry here: http://mercury.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nontech/quotes.html (the John D. MacDonald one) is about all I can offer. Noel From paf at frobbit.se Tue Aug 27 01:40:12 2019 From: paf at frobbit.se (Patrik =?utf-8?b?RsOkbHRzdHLDtm0=?=) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:40:12 +0200 Subject: [ih] Sally Floyd has died In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D963CD9-8B5A-4967-8E56-71DE83AB824A@frobbit.se> On 27 Aug 2019, at 2:47, Craig Partridge wrote: > Just saw a post from Eddie Kohler that Sally Floyd has died. > > She packed a huge number of achievements into a relatively short career in networking (less than 20 years from PhD to retirement). She developed RED for congestion control with Van Jacobson, identified the issues in Poisson modeling with Vern Paxson, developed TCP SACK, to name a few of her important contributions. At one point (and perhaps still) she was one of the top 10 cited women in computing. I think she won almost every award the communications field could give. > > She was also a great colleague. I got to work somewhat closely with her on the End-to-End Task Force for many years. She had a knack for presenting stunning insights quietly and articulately, which made the insights all the more stunning. > > Our world is a bit smaller. And not a small bit! I was in IAB together with Sally 2003-2005 and was immediately amazed by her calmness, competence and friendliness. I have not had much, if any, contact with her since as I also withdrawn pretty much from IETF part from higher layers in the value chain, but this notice that I first saw in Facebook did really shake me. Says a lot of how her person and personality. Patrik > Craig > > > > -- > ***** > Craig Partridge's email account for professional society activities and mailing lists. > > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 256 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From marc at webhistory.org Wed Aug 28 17:04:26 2019 From: marc at webhistory.org (Marc Weber) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:04:26 -0700 Subject: [ih] Danny Cohen Memorial beer bash, Sat. 8/31/19 at Computer History Museum In-Reply-To: References: <860B55DC-C380-494B-8A9E-D1AA9AA87207@gmail.com> Message-ID: <488EF7EE-2049-4AB7-B9BE-0E9496C28415@webhistory.org> Danny?s son David asked me to post the invite below. The museum?s address is 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, California. Best, Marc Marc Weber | marc at webhistory.org | +1 415 282 6868 Curatorial Director, Internet History Program Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View CA 94043 computerhistory.org/nethistory | Co-founder, Web History Center and Project Begin forwarded message: From: David Cohen > Subject: Danny Cohen memorial beer bash, Sat Aug 31st 5 pm Date: August 22, 2019 at 14:25:55 PDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear friends, Thanks so much for your kind messages over the last week, and for the visits. I'm sorry that I've left so many e-mail unanswered but really appreciate them. I'm writing to let you all know that, as Danny asked, we're going to have a beer bash as a wake for him. It'll be at the Computer History Museum Saturday, August 31st, at 5 p.m., right on the front patio. Being a beer bash, we don't plan any particular ceremony or speeches; just get together, talk, and have a good time. I've done my best to find as many e-mails as possible?including all those from the festschrift a few years ago, which Bob Sproull very kindly sent on to me?but I'm sure I've left off some important people and I'd really appreciate it if you can help me spread the word. Thanks again for all. I'm sure Danny misses you all. Best, David /// > On Aug 20, 2019, at 09:29, Stephen Casner wrote: > > I need to correct what I wrote below due to faulty memory. Danny's > article "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" was published in IEEE > Computer for October, 1981. As John Gilmore noted here, it appeared > earlier as IEN 137 dated 1 April 1980. > > Perhaps the IEN series picked up the RFC tradition of amusing April 1 > notes (the first one I saw for the RFC series was RFC748, Telnet > randomly-lose option. M.R. Crispin. 1 April 1978, by another author we > lost too soon). Danny's article was certainly amusing but also > serious. > > -- Steve > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Stephen Casner wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Ross Callon wrote: >> >>> I am of course aware of his very significant technical >>> work. However, I remember him best for his superb humor. I still >>> have a copy of his "The world according to Finnegan", which is a >>> collection of his humorous works. Like most good humor, it is of >>> course entirely correct and offers a unique insight into the >>> world. I will re-read it and be thankful to have known him. >> >> And in particular, "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace", originally >> published in Datamation, that gave us the terms little-endian and >> big-endian to describe bit- and byte-ordering. >> >> -- Steve > _______ > internet-history mailing list > internet-history at postel.org > http://mailman.postel.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > Contact list-owner at postel.org for assistance. 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